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What is the rule for adding a positive and negative number?
Adding a positive and negative number, the sum will always be negative. Example: 10+-20=-10 If you add two negatives, they cancel each other out making it positive.
What is the rule for adding negative integers?
Adding negatives is exactly the same as taking away the positive number. Alternatively you can think of it as "imagine both the numbers are positive, add them together. This number is then negative. And you're done".
What is the rule in adding integers with unlike sign?
it depends to the value of the number,when the greater value caries the positive sign,your answer must be positive,when it carries the negative sign,your answer is negative.
What are is the rule for subtracting fractions with negative signs?
the same as adding whole numbers. two negatives = negative. two positives = positive, and a negative and positive depends on the absolute value of the greater number.
Is the answer going to be positive or negative if your adding a negative to a positive?
Not necessarily.
